Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro Tapa dura - 2004

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2004. ISBN-13: 9781584773184; ISBN-10: 1584773189. Hoffman, Frederick L. Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro. New York: Published for the American Economic Association by the Macmillan Company, 1896. (Publications of the American Economic Association. Vol. XI. Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Pages 1-329. August, 1896.) vii (i-vii new Introduction), x, 329 pp. With a new introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773184; ISBN-10: 1584773189. Hardcover. New. $49.95 This analytical study provides a fascinating examination of the circumstances of African-Americans during the first thirty years following the abolition of slavery and insights into the biases of nineteenth-century social science. Its chapters consider population factors, vital statistics, including anthropometry, race amalgamation and social and economic conditions. Hoffman, the statistician of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, based his book on research materials collected in his… Leer más